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Drosophyllum lusitanicum & Pinguicula lusitanica from Portugal


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Dear All,

I am a hungarian CP grower and I had the opportunity to visit some CP sites in Portugal and see them in their natural habitat :-)

As my first post, let me show you two wonderful plants from Portugal. The pictures were taken in this summer.

Enjoy! :-D

Drosophyllum lusitanicum:

Soil: Grainy, contains mostly quartz sand and flints

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Plant:

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Pinguicula lusitanica:

Soil: Grainy granitic

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The plant:

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I always love seeing the natural settings of where plants grow, to understand how to better aid in cultivation...Very Nice pictures !! :thanks:

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Yep, you are totally right! But Drosophyllum can be a tricky one for the first some weeks, and also requires a different media than other CPs.

By the way I found 3 pictures, taken in april-june-august from the same plant. Note the different outlook of the plant, how dries out entirely in the hot portuguese summer. But in next outumn/spring it comes back when experiencing rain.

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Also from Portugal: Drosera intermedia

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